is a Japanese

judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...

. She won a 57 kg category bronze medal at the

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in 2000. Kusakabe is a graduate of Junshin Junior College. She was an

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of the Fukuoka Prefectural Police. She retired from the police in March 2005 and got married in October 2005.

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* * * * 1978 births Living people Japanese female judoka Japanese police officers Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Olympic judoka for Japan Sportspeople from Fukuoka (city) Olympic medalists in judo Asian Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 1998 Asian Games Judoka at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-Olympic-medalist-stub